Philoponus, John P Philosophers

Philoponus, John P Philosophers

John Philoponus (John the Grammarian, John of Alexandria, Johannes Grammaticus, Johannes Alexandrinus), c. 490 - c. 570. Late classical Alexandrian Christian philosopher, best known for his critical attacks on Aristotle's physics. Although his writings are independent of any dogmatic tradition, his closes affiliation is with Alexandrian Neoplatonism.

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John Philoponus, Sixth Century Alexandrian Grammarian, Christian Theologian and Scientific Philosopher - Article by John McKenna from the Quodlibet Online Journal. Considers this early Christian philosopher in theological context.
John Philoponus - An extensive discussion of his philosophical and theological works, as well as his personal history. By Christian Wildberg, from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
World of Scientific Biography: Philoponus, John - Concise review of this early critic of Aristotelian dynamics.
Aristotle's Early Creationist Critic - Article by Dan Graves, employing Philoponus as an example of the "power of the creationist view."

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